North Lincolnshire
Unitary authority in eastern England created in 1996 from part of the former county of Humberside.
Area
850 sq km/328 sq mi
Towns and cities
Scunthorpe (administrative headquarters), Brigg, Barton-upon-Humber, Barrow upon Humber, Epworth
Features
Humber Estuary forms north border; River Trent; Isle of Axholme; Stainforth and Keadby Canal; River Torne; Humber Bridge southern landfall at Barton upon Humber; Julian's Bower (near Alkborough) – medieval maze cut in turf; wetland nature reserves at Barton Waterside and Blackroft Sands; Sandtoft Transport Centre with Britain's largest collection of trolley buses running on own circuit; Old Rectory (1709, at Epworth) where John Wesley, founder of Methodism, was born
Industries
steelworks and manufacture of steel products, computer equipment and electronics, food processing, chemicals, furniture
Population
(2001) 153,000
Famous people
Thomas Dunhill (composer), John Wesley (founder of Methodism)
